BLEND: Metropolitan Host Maduro
WRAPPER: Connecticut Broadleaf
BINDER: Honduras
FILLER: Honduras
FORMAT: "Hobart" Robusto (550)
ORIGIN: Honduran
INTENSITY: Medium
SPICE: 2/5
NOTES:
Caffe Corretto | Toasted Almond | Anise
Caffe Corretto, corrected coffee, a sploosh of Grappa performs the repair. Toasted almonds are sliced and peppered. An independent anise nod latches hard-onto the sweet stuffs. A darker profile than I'd usually associate with a sugar tip(?); hits rather sharply and cloyingly.
The back-grounded rest is the rest which I've already addressed. Plus, a half-bit of hickory, a full-bit of assorted anise-led spice. Whole shebang is wrapped in thin patent leather. I think what is most-hidden is earthiness, but I can only hypothesize. Built well, firm and tight.
TASTE: B
DRAW: A-
BURN: B+
BUILD: A-
FINAL GRADE: B+
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79
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